At Church Broughton CofE Primary School our catering is provided by Derbyshire Catering Service. All meals are prepared and cooked onsite in the school kitchen and served from the servery in the school hall.

Derbyshire school dinner menus typically offer a variety of nutritious and balanced options, often with vegetarian or vegan choices available. These menus are generally on a three-week cycle, changing every six months, and adhere to school food standards. The Catering Service also offer special theme days and themed meals throughout the year. 

Primary meals £3.25 – As a cashless school lunches are paid for via Parent Pay. Please see our Parent Pay page for further information.

This includes a main meal, dessert and a drink, which is excellent value for money. There are 2 choices of main meal or a jacket potato, vegetables, salad, fresh fruit, bread and drinking water are freely available every day. Themed lunches are offered on a monthly basis for primary schools to create a fun eating experience and to build interest in the food offering.

View the latest Primary School Menu https://www.schoolmeals.derbyshire.gov.uk/primary-food-explorers/primary-food-explorers.aspx

Reception, year 1 and year 2

The government's school food plan provides funding for government-funded primary schools in England to offer a free lunch to every child in their reception classes, year 1 and year 2. So your child will receive a free lunch, should you choose one, until they move into year 3.

Year 3 and above

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you receive any of the following:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you're not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on: paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit: if you apply on or after 1 April 2018, your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Applying for free school meals

We use the Department for Education's free school meals eligibility checking system, meaning you will receive an instant result notification, and the school will be informed.

To apply, you will be required to register and provide:

• your National Insurance Number or National Asylum Support Service Reference Number
• your family name
• your date of birth
• you may also be required to upload a copy of your benefit document

Check your eligibility and apply for free school meals 

Currently all children entitled to free school meals will receive them until they finish either primary or secondary education. This continues even if your income increases. This is called transitional protection.

Access to this protection ended on 1 April 2025 so if you apply now and your earnings go above £7,400 net per annum (£616.67 per month), your child will no longer be eligible for free school meals. You will need to apply for them again if your income goes down.

If you'd like any further support, please contact the free school meals team, email checking@derbyshire.gov.uk or telephone: 01629 536481.

Sandwiches

Some children prefer to bring sandwiches for lunch.  We request that parents provide healthy lunch boxes for children and do not send sweets or fizzy drinks. As part of a child’s healthy lunch box, one small cake bar or small chocolate bar is acceptable.  Please ensure that lunch boxes are also clearly labelled with your child’s name and discuss with your child the importance of bringing it home after each school day.

Snacks

Children may bring in healthy snacks from home such as fruit, yogurt tubes or cereal bars to eat at morning break.

Water

Children should bring a water bottle with them to school every day. Children should only have water in their bottle unless there is a medical reason for an alternative. We would recommend that bottles are clearly labelled. 

"From the time that children start school, good links with parents are established."

Quote from latest OFSTED report